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#1 Phashe

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Posted 05 November 2013 - 02:42 AM

what happened to wordoflowtax? Just gone? I personally liked it better than Smurfy (better for android devices).... hmmm

http://mechromancer.wordoflowtax.com/

#2 Rushin Roulette

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Posted 05 November 2013 - 03:08 AM

Thats what you get for lowtax... no funds for public services.

#3 Elizander

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Posted 05 November 2013 - 03:36 AM

༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ Give Mechromancer

Edited by Elizander, 05 November 2013 - 03:41 AM.


#4 focuspark

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Posted 05 November 2013 - 12:42 PM

View PostRushin Roulette, on 05 November 2013 - 03:08 AM, said:

Thats what you get for lowtax... no funds for public services.

<palmface/> +1

#5 Phashe

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Posted 06 November 2013 - 02:21 AM

View PostElizander, on 05 November 2013 - 03:36 AM, said:

༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ Give Mechromancer


What exactly is that supposed to mean? :)

#6 Hexenhammer

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Posted 06 November 2013 - 02:41 AM

View PostElizander, on 05 November 2013 - 03:36 AM, said:

༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ Give Mechromancer

View PostPhashe, on 06 November 2013 - 02:21 AM, said:


What exactly is that supposed to mean? :)


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#7 Elizander

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Posted 15 November 2013 - 07:44 AM

View PostPhashe, on 06 November 2013 - 02:21 AM, said:


What exactly is that supposed to mean? :P


Dota 2 reference. You can search for "Give Diretide"

#8 MavRCK

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Posted 18 November 2013 - 10:27 AM

Fil5000 - TankBoyKen -- they've all stopped contributing to the community and posting articles. In fact Fil5000 made an article which essential explained he stopped caring about the game.

It's a shame to loose contributions from so many people - dissatisfaction and burnout is taking its toll.

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Posted 18 November 2013 - 11:17 AM

I've heard a lot of people say they can't wait to be rid of the goons, but when the game has become so stagnant that they're all gone, they'll be missed. A lot of the people who actually cared enough about the game to make tools, write articles, and actualyl form teams and drop together were from word of Lowtax, and the game is poorer for their absence.

How crazy do you have to be to want less people in this game, anyway? It's not like this is a super popular game that is just overflowing with active players who are contributing to the community right now.

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Posted 20 November 2013 - 08:58 AM

Can't pretend I really agree. Lots of 12 man teams around atm and increasing numbers in player run competitions like Proxis (Lowtax had minimal impact there at last visibly).

Ultimately, most Goons have very short attention spans in games with a few exceptions like Eve. They come, the sillier ones splurge a lot, then run way. There's usually a very capable hard core playing in a lot of games just less vocally though.

Edited by Remarius, 20 November 2013 - 08:59 AM.


#11 Koniving

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Posted 20 November 2013 - 09:04 AM

View PostPhashe, on 05 November 2013 - 02:42 AM, said:

what happened to wordoflowtax? Just gone? I personally liked it better than Smurfy (better for android devices).... hmmm

http://mechromancer.wordoflowtax.com/


Unhappy with ghost heat and a few other things, Word of Lowtax quit MWO after their "#saveMWO" thread failed.

#12 Kali Rinpoche

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Posted 11 December 2013 - 09:17 AM

What a shame that mechromancer is closed. I wonder if PGI bought his setup for the proposed integration of an editor to UI 2.0? Lord knows they are over whelmed design wise. Makes sense they may have purchased it?

Anyone know him personally that might know?

#13 Thunder Lips Express

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Posted 11 December 2013 - 09:24 AM

I never felt comfortable to use a program developed by a bunch of griefers

#14 Kali Rinpoche

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Posted 11 December 2013 - 10:53 AM

View PostEcliptor, on 11 December 2013 - 09:24 AM, said:

I never felt comfortable to use a program developed by a bunch of griefers


I'm newish to the community. Complainers or in-game griefers?

#15 NuclearPanda

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Posted 11 December 2013 - 11:12 AM

View PostKali Rinpoche, on 11 December 2013 - 10:53 AM, said:

I'm newish to the community. Complainers or in-game griefers?


Goons get a bad rap for being in-game griefers. We're not all that bad however.

That being said, it's mostly the Goons' fault that knockdowns were taken out of the game.

#16 Thunder Lips Express

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Posted 11 December 2013 - 11:26 AM

View PostKali Rinpoche, on 11 December 2013 - 10:53 AM, said:


I'm newish to the community. Complainers or in-game griefers?


A well deserved rap for in game griefers. Multiple times my lance would drop and there would be a lance on goons on each team that would emediately start team killing. Not to mention many other jerk off things

#17 NuclearPanda

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Posted 11 December 2013 - 11:34 AM

View PostEcliptor, on 11 December 2013 - 11:26 AM, said:

A well deserved rap for in game griefers. Multiple times my lance would drop and there would be a lance on goons on each team that would emediately start team killing. Not to mention many other jerk off things


A few bad apples spoil the bunch sometimes but not all Goons are griefers. Not only that, but I've sene plenty of other people who are griefers and NOT a Goon.

*shrugs*

#18 Bront

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Posted 11 December 2013 - 12:22 PM

My understanding is that it was happening durring the closed beta "anything goes" burnout phase prior to open Beta.

I've heard of the reputation of Goods in this and other games, but I've never really seen it myself.

#19 Thunder Lips Express

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Posted 11 December 2013 - 12:50 PM

View PostNuclearPanda, on 11 December 2013 - 11:34 AM, said:


A few bad apples spoil the bunch sometimes but not all Goons are griefers. Not only that, but I've sene plenty of other people who are griefers and NOT a Goon.

*shrugs*


True, just not everyone squaks to bring attention to who is doing the grieifing I guess

#20 Geek Verve

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Posted 31 December 2013 - 09:21 AM

View PostEcliptor, on 11 December 2013 - 11:26 AM, said:

A well deserved rap for in game griefers. Multiple times my lance would drop and there would be a lance on goons on each team that would emediately start team killing. Not to mention many other jerk off things

I never experienced the goons' antics in-game, but I've played with one of them a bit recently. I can tell you that the reports of their being jerks are grossly exaggerated (mostly anyway :) ). As I understand it, they had a particular agenda that didn't necessarily revolve around griefing per se, but more toward highlighting flaws in the game in hopes they would be addressed. I don't necessarily agree with their tactics, and they perhaps took a bit more pleasure in it than they should have, but I can certainly see where they were coming from.





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